If you thought Ed Snowden was a problem, get a look at the hideous hackers, presumably Russian, known as the Shadow Brokers, who got their hands on the NSA's most critical hacking tools – and are now spreading them around to every hack-happy lowlife in assorted basements intent on robbing and disrupting on the internet.  They make Snowden look like a candy-ass piker. The New York Times has a very long and very worthwhile exposé on this humongous theft of secrets that happened around August 2016, back when everyone was focusing on the election.  Read the whole thing – the only reason a piece this long got by the newspaper's editors is that it's that good. Here is an abbreviated version from Business Insider if you really want the executive summary.  It's a story that should be leading the news above all other stories, given its impact on all of us. The Times calls it "one of the worst security...(Read Full Post)